Willis Hill Cemetery

Willis Hill Cemetery, a quiet hilltop graveyard dating to the mid-eighteenth century, sheltered Confederate soldiers during the Battle of Fredericksburg. Medical personnel treated wounded soldiers behind its walls, and at least one Southern regiment paused there before charging down the hill into the Sunken Road. By the time the battle ended, Union artillery had scoured the hill, toppling the cemetery's red brick walls and shattering its headstones. Although the damage was later repaired, the scarred marble gateposts remain reminders of the fury that once engulfed this peaceful spot.

Fredericksburg, Virginia · United States